[MyAppleMenu] Nov 13, 2011

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**** Apps Become The Secret Ingredient In Battle Of Celebrity Christmas Cookbooks <http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/13/apps-christmas-cookery-bestseller?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
Vanessa Thorpe, The Guardian

The wide popularity of tablet computers such as the iPad has made digital entrepreneurs look again at the commercial possibilities of the kitchen. Most updated cooking apps now offer alternative ways of seeing each recipe, including a step-by-step guide for beginners and a wordless, graphic illustration that serves as a visual reminder for more assured cooks.

**** Simplier Is A Lightweight Music Player For Macs That Uses Your iTunes Library <http://lifehacker.com/5858973/simplier-is-a-lightweight-music-player-for-macs-that-uses-your-itunes-library>
David Galloway, Lifehacker

For a lot less bloat and a more streamlined experience give Simplier a try—it's a simple music player that uses your existing iTunes music library.

**** A Beginning, A Middle, But No End In Sight <http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/a-beginning-a-middle-but-no-end-in-sight-6260779.html>
Lisa Gee, The Independent

Exploring the realms of digital literature can feel a bit “it’s writing, Jim, but not as we know it”. From e-books to book apps, from web-based artworks to keitai shousetsu – the ultra-concise mobile phone novels popular in Japan – there’s a brain-stretching multiplicity of forms and content-styles to navigate. And the only thing everyone involved seems to agree on is that it’s still early days. It’s early days for readers too: most of us are only now adjusting to straightforward e-books.



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**** Flash Floods Hit Western Singapore <http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1165021/1/.html>
Wayne Chan, Channel NewsAsia

The afternoon heavy downpour caused a canal at Block 611 in Clementi West to overflow.

**** Workers Happier: Interesting Findings <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/11/workers-happier-interesting-findings/>
Leong Sze Hian, The Online Citizen

**** HDB Lifts Ban On Keeping Stray Dogs, Cats In Pilot Project <http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_733465.html>
Judith Tan, Straits Times

**** The Future Redefined <http://www.ny-forum.com/forumblog/2011/11/the-future-redefined/>
RIchard Attias, The New York Forum

But perhaps most interesting of all was Lee’s answer to the question “what advice would you give a talented young college graduate under 25 years of age?” Lee would start his career in America, ideally in Silicon Valley, to get the spirit of innovation before spending time in China and then India to understand the cultures. Talent will still find its way to America.

**** Set Dolphins Free, Group Urges Gov’t <http://globalnation.inquirer.net/17907/set-dolphins-free-group-urges-gov’t>
Penelope P. Endozo, Philippine Daily Inquirer

The group asked the Philippine government not to reexport the animals to their handlers in Singapore in support of international calls to stop the trafficking in dolphins.

**** S’pore’s Success: An Observer’s Take <http://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/spores-success-an-observers-take/>
Yours Truly Singapore

The awful sense of birth right and complacency has gone into the heads of the PAP, allowing them to bulldoze through one poorly considered policy after another.

**** Singapore’s Cost Of Living And Global Business Competitiveness <http://imranwrites.blogspot.com/2011/11/singapores-cost-of-living-and-global.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FZobK+%28The+Grand+Moofti+Speaks%29>
The Grand Moofti Speaks